NO PANTS IN TUCSON
The Anthropologists
world premiere Fall 2021 *
written + directed by Melissa Moschitto
featuring April Barber, Mariah Freda, Kian Johnson, + Marissa Joyce Stamps
visual design by Irina Kuraeva
assistant produced by Lucy Yezulinas
covid compliance supervision by Bailey Wilson
video editing (Vote in Pants) by Audrey E. Lorber
contributing artists include Luisa Alarcon, Becca Bernard, Jazmyn Boone, Myjoycia Cezar, Katie Gilmartin, Alexandra Kumala, Tiffany McCue, China Pharr, Tess Rodriguez, Lynde Rosario, and Thalia Sablon
photography by Jody Christopherson
In the new subversive comedy, No Pants in Tucson, The Anthropologists’ draw upon blatantly bigoted state laws from the 19th and 20th centuries that made it illegal for women to wear pants in public. With a creative and producing team of women, non-binary, and transgender artists, they excavate historical newspaper articles, legal text, and photographic archives to unmask the real lives impacted by these archaic laws.